Swallowing the Stars: The Supreme Being of All Heavens

Chapter 385 The Passing of Time

In a magnificent water beast temple, hundreds of millions of kilometers high, a master and disciple are having a conversation in a certain space-time.

The Water Beast God looked at Eloi and said, "If there's anything you don't understand about cultivation, ask now. After this, you'll have to wait a thousand years."

A thousand years may seem like a long time, but to guide a disciple once every thousand years is already an extremely high regard for the disciple, especially for a master of the universe.

This is only the initial stage; as Elo's training progresses, it certainly won't be this frequent.

If Suk knew what Eloi had gone through, he might tease her by saying, "Rich woman, hungry, hungry, need food."

Eloi's treasures are far richer than his; after all, strictly speaking, he doesn't even have a single true treasure right now.

The Soul-Flowing Star, the Wandering Light Gourd, and the Star-Sealing Treasure—no matter how precious they are, they are only at the level of minor treasures.

When Eloi returned, Suk was happy to learn about her becoming a disciple of the Beast God.

After the assassination attempt failed, the alien race seemed to give up on continuing their assassination attempts on Zijing Island, and all was calm.

However, both humans and alien races know that this peace is merely superficial, a facade maintained only out of necessity due to the interference of the Ancestral God Cult. Given the opportunity, the alien races will surely strike again.

After that, there was a period of peaceful spiritual practice.

Virtual Universe, Rain Mountain.

"Your Highness has been in the Ancestral Mystic Realm for three thousand years."

In the manor belonging to the Realm Lord in the Primal Zone, two guard leaders were talking idly.

A towering, seven-meter-tall immortal of the Yanpolo clan remarked to a beautiful woman of normal height, "Since His Highness and the others went to the Ancestral Mystic Realm to cultivate, they have spent less time at Yuxiang Mountain."

"Your Highness and the others are still realm lords, so it's normal for them to be busy with cultivation. Do you think we're like them, who have been cultivating for billions of years in the immortal stage and have hardly made any progress?" Melulan, the former leader of Eloi's guard, sat on the lawn of the manor and laughed, holding a wine glass.

Both of them were already granted the title of Marquis and immortality, so their appointment as leaders of the guard proves that their potential has been exhausted.

The dark red skin peeking out from under his battle robes, resembling an iron tower, was adorned with the head of Agni of the Yanbo tribe. He scratched the back of his head and said, "I know, I'm just missing Your Highness."

In retrospect, taking on the role of commanders of the guards for His Highnesses Suk and Suk was one of the luckiest decisions they had ever made.

Within the human race, very few members have the opportunity to reach the core level of a super being; such a phenomenon is rare, occurring only once every billions of years.

As the leaders of the guards protecting the two unparalleled geniuses, Suk, their past relationship will be very beneficial in the future.

The other princes' guards, who had been granted titles of nobility and immortality, were extremely envious of them.

Since Suk and Eloi went to the outer battlefield, the Guardian Army has actually been in a state of having nothing to do. They are just waiting for the two princes to officially break through to immortality before they are disbanded.

Of course, neither of them has broken through yet, and they are still members of the Primal Zone Realm Masters. They still keep their residences in the Primal Secret Realm and their manors in the Primal Zone of Rain Mountain in the Virtual Universe.

Agni and Merulan, the two nominal leaders of the guard, would often come here to gather.

"When do you think His Highness and the others will break through?" Agni of the Yanpo Luo tribe took a sip from a wine cup that looked like a wine barrel to a normal person and looked at Meruland.

Merlin smiled and shook her head, saying, "How would I know? If His Highness and the others wanted to break through, they could have done so long ago with their current level. The reason they haven't become immortal yet must be because they have their own plans."

"If Your Highness and the others were to break through now, they would definitely be at least at the peak of the King-Sealing Realm," Agni said enviously. After all, the peerless geniuses who had passed through the Primal Tongtian Mountain would at least be at the peak of the King-Sealing Realm, or even the strongest King-Sealing Realm, once they broke through to the Immortal Realm.

Merlin smiled and said, "I don't think His Highness and the others will break through so quickly."

In fact, Merlin's guess was correct.

Over the years, Suk and Eloi have been diligently cultivating their skills.

Although Suk did not intend to devote too much attention to the Path of the Beast God, he still spent a lot of time comprehending other laws in order to make his future cultivation smoother. He comprehended the other nine fundamental laws, except for the "Law of Space," to the point that they were recognized by the fundamental laws.

And just as the couple were of one mind, Suk did this, and Eloi did the same.

However, compared to Suk, who only possesses the "Mother Nest of All Things" clone, Eloi possesses four clones: Human, Myriad Star Beast, World Tree, and Nether Sea.

That's right, in these three thousand years, Aloy has already nurtured the World Tree and the Dark Sea clone!

The World Tree took over 1000 years to develop, and when it matured, its volume reached 6000 million kilometers in height, similar to the World Tree of the Tree Island!

60 million kilometers! Even if the protagonist of the original work were here, his inner world would only be about 100 million kilometers long! No wonder it failed to nurture such a terrifying and special life form.

However, Eloi's inner world was sufficient to successfully nurture the World Tree.

After the World Tree was born, Aloy was surprised to discover that the World Tree also possessed the talents of "time and space".

The reason why World Trees can use "Control of Space and Time" is that their life crystal cores have perfect space and time runes. As long as they are activated, they can naturally use this heaven-defying secret technique of "Control of Space and Time"!

"Controlling time and space" is far more powerful than individual "time-based secret techniques" or "space-based secret techniques"!

However, the ability to control time and space is also determined by the user's strength.

The World Tree at the Realm Lord level has far less power to control space and time than the Immortal level, let alone the strongest World Tree at the Universe Venerable level.

However, once Aloy broke through to immortality, with the heaven-defying talent of controlling space and time, the World Tree clone immediately possessed combat power comparable to or even capable of defeating a Cosmic Venerable!

The reason for this is that the World Tree has a genetic level 1000 times higher, coupled with its enormous divine body and the innate secret technique of "controlling space and time".

Raising the level of one's life genes is extremely difficult. Even for the strongest members of the human race, it is already quite remarkable to use various treasures to increase it by several thousand times.

Therefore, some of the kings, including newly broken through cosmic venerables, generally have a life gene level of only about 10 times.

Even the most ordinary Cosmic Venerable God Body possesses 1000 million times the power of a World Lord.

That is, a hundred times the peak of the King-level title.

For immortal gods, cosmic sovereigns, and cosmic lords, if we only consider their divine bodies, the strength of their divine bodies is determined by the laws.

Why do some peerless geniuses and realm lords in the primitive regions become kings as soon as they break through? It's because their understanding of the laws has truly reached the level of a king, so when they break through, the laws they condense into a divine body at the king level!

This is the "Divine Body of Laws"!

If we consider the Bridge to Heaven, comprehending the laws to the 10th level results in the most ordinary Immortal Military Lord God Body.

Reaching the 15th level of understanding of the laws grants one the title of Marquis and the Immortal Divine Body.

Once one comprehends the laws to the 18th level, one enters the realm of the Immortal God Body, possessing power approximately ten thousand times that of a Realm Lord.

Once you comprehend the laws to the 20th level, you will have a peak divine body at the King level, with a power level of about 10 times that of a World Lord. After that, no matter how much you improve your comprehension, unless you break through to the 21st level and become a Universe Venerable, your "Divine Body of Laws" will remain at this level, unless you use methods such as "enhancing life genes" or "increasing the amplitude of the divine body".

A typical King-level cultivator who breaks through to become a Universe Venerable, plus 10 times the genetic level, is basically 1 million times the power of a Realm Lord, which is 1000 times the peak of a King-level cultivator.

Eloi's World Tree clone broke through to immortality, which is also 1000 times the peak of the King-level!

Based on this, it is impossible for him to rival or even defeat the Supreme Being of the Universe.

However, the World Tree possesses an enormous body spanning tens of millions of kilometers, along with the terrifying secret technique of "controlling space and time," making it capable of becoming a heaven-defying immortal deity! It has the potential to rival, and even hope to fight beyond its level, defeating or even killing a cosmic sovereign!

If one becomes a Universe Venerable, then one can rival the strongest World Tree and possess combat power comparable to the Lord of the Universe!

However, although the World Tree initially possessed a massive body and "control over space and time," it was more difficult for it to improve later than the Myriad Star Beasts because it was a plant life form and it was difficult to use "blood of the Beast God" to enhance its life gene level.

The blood of the Beast God is most suitable for flesh-and-blood beings!

After giving birth to the World Tree, Eloi immediately gave birth to the Dark Sea Avatar, but it only took a little over a hundred years, much less than the World Tree.

Compared to the World Tree, the Dark Ocean also gave Aloy quite a few surprises!

When the Youhai clone was first born, it was nearly 10,000 kilometers tall, with the appearance of a giant and a life gene level about 300 times higher.

Although it appears much weaker than the World Tree, the Nether Sea is a flesh-and-blood life form, so it can use "Teng Snake Essence Blood" to further enhance its life gene level! Of course, the enhancement is not as compatible as that of the Myriad Star Beast.

With Suk's reminder, Eloi also understood how to use the two great innate secret techniques of the Nether Sea Avatar: "Transformation into the Sea" and "Creation"!

The first innate secret technique, "Transformation into the Sea," refers to the ability of the Nether Sea Avatar to instantly transform into an ocean with a diameter of approximately 10 kilometers. The spacetime surrounding the ocean is controlled by the "ocean." This control becomes increasingly exaggerated as the strength of the "Nether Sea Avatar" increases. When the strength is weak, the impact on spacetime is relatively small, but when the strength is strong—like the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds, whose "Nine Netherworld Sea" has reached its limit in controlling the surrounding spacetime, no other universe lord dares to venture into that "Nine Netherworld Spacetime."

The second innate secret technique, "Creation," involves transforming one's entire body—muscles, bones, and flesh—into a sea of ​​blood simultaneously. This "Creation" talent allows for the extraction of energy, the combination of life genes, and the final condensation of life. If used skillfully, it's possible to create an entire race. Because this race is created, it will forever submit to and revere its creator. The race in the Nine Netherworld was created in this way. Moreover, it's an energy-based life form, the easiest type to create; simply researching the life crystal core allows for the creation of numerous life forms.

The innate secret technique "Creation" is essentially about first seeing the life structure of other species, and then using the innate secret technique to replicate that life structure to form a new life.

The most basic stage is replicating the components of other life forms.

A higher level, like the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds, can create a powerful race.

The fact that the "Nether Sea Avatar" can influence the surrounding spacetime proves that it has a talent for spacetime.

However, with Suk's reminder, Eloi naturally chose to transform the Nether Sea into a sea, and then, using her "Creation" talent, create an energy clone. After the Nether Sea's main body was replenished and restored, this energy clone returned to the Nether Sea, thereby expanding the Nether Sea's energy storage limit and allowing the Nether Sea to continuously repeat this process to expand in a cycle.

After taking this step, Eloi could no longer use the essence blood of the Teng Snake to enhance the life gene level of the Nether Sea's main body. This is because the larger the body size, the more beast god blood is needed for evolution. The needs of the Myriad Star Beast and the human main body are different, and of course, the Nether Sea clone is also different. It can only be said that there are gains and losses.

However, Eloi's Dark Sea clone has another path to growth—that is, to use the "creation" secret method to study the genetic level of life and achieve self-evolution.

However, this path is also incredibly difficult.

Suk once wondered, since the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds knew how to use creation to create races, hadn't he discovered that it could be used to study the genetic level of life?

With the wisdom of the Lord of the Universe, it is possible for him to conceive of such a thing and to attempt it.

However, the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds may not even have reached the level of a perfect gene 10081 times higher.

10081 times the genetic level is the limit of the universe!

There are still some life forms in the universe whose genetic level has reached this point, such as the strongest beings in the universe, and everyone is one of them.

However, no one exceeds the level of perfect genes by more than ten thousand times.

It can be said that there is no road ahead and one must discover and open it up on one's own. However, how difficult it is to open up a new road in the primordial universe. Even in the Origin Continent, the "Divine Power Route" has extremely high requirements. Only geniuses with talent in this area can walk it. Although the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds is exceptionally talented, without reference or guidance, it is naturally difficult for him to make a breakthrough.

Otherwise, once the level of life genes breaks through 10081 times, or even just 10082 times, the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds has a chance to break through from the "divine power route" to the realm of the strongest in the universe (true god)!

But Eloi is different; she has Suk to help her learn from.

In Suk’s view, his “Mother Nest of All Things” is far more powerful than the Dark Ocean in its research on life genes.

Moreover, the two have something in common.

"The Nest of All Things" can share its evolutionary experience with Eloi during its research process.

Similarly, Eloi can share her experience with Suk, so they can make progress together.

From then on, Suk was no longer moving forward alone.

According to the original story, once the Nether Sea reaches a level of perfect genes ten thousand times greater, its maximum expansion can reach a diameter of 100 billion kilometers.

The "realm lord" level princes in the Nine Netherworld have a blood sea with a diameter of only 8000 million kilometers.

Because of the vast difference in their levels of existence, the Nether Sea is able to be so vast.

If Eloi doesn't improve the life gene level of the Nether Sea and it remains 300 times larger, it will probably be similar to a prince at the realm lord level. It won't continue to grow until it reaches the level of the universe lord, which is the limit of 12 light-years of energy absorption in the original universe, which is the huge volume of the Nether Sea of ​​the Nether Lord.

Suk didn't just want Eloi to do this; after planning to have his family members possess the Golden Horned Beast, his idea was to have each of his family members have a Dark Sea clone as much as possible!

While the Golden Horned Beasts are few in number, that's only in comparison to normal races. As one of the top races and powers, their overall numbers are certainly considerable across the universe.

It's not impossible to obtain the Golden Horned Beast through the Hongmeng Alliance, or through its influence.

Even deep within human territory, on the original Earth, they were inexplicably and mysteriously hit by the egg of a silly golden-horned behemoth.

This proves that there are still quite a few Golden Horned Beasts in the universe.

Suk didn't think this was a problem.

As for the cost, Suk could afford a hundred billion Chaos Units? Or even a trillion Chaos Units for a Golden Horned Beast below the Domain Lord level! But it couldn't be that exaggerated! It's estimated that the wealth of a Marquis Immortal would be about the same.

Suk wanted at least a Golden Horned Beast below the Domain Lord level, because for those above the World Lord level, the quota of three clones might be full, which would greatly reduce their value.

As long as the slots for creating clones at the World Lord level are not used, they can at least be used to create the strongest Nether Sea clone.

With a clone in the Nether Sea, there will be opportunities to pursue the path of a divine body in the future!

Although the path to divine body is difficult, with his "talent sharing" with his family, it is not impossible for them to achieve something now.

Encouraging his closest family members to cultivate themselves and become stronger is also a belief he has always held.

Having been tempered and grown since childhood, one's spirit is naturally incredibly resilient and not easily affected by the endless changes of time.

We can't be like that certain contestant from the universe who, after reaching the ultimate goal and achieving everything, is still burdened by a group of family members whose hearts are easily worn down and corrupted by the years, and spends his days dreaming about their growth—such an absurd thing.